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POPMUSIC E37 LOSANGELESTIMES Your Favorite Entertainers, Your Favorite Theater Coming to the Bobbi Humphrey and Roy Ayers Sep. 8 Shanghai String Quartet Sep. 15 Keely Vegas featuring The Dennis Michaels Orchestra and Pete Barbu i Sep. 17 Terraco a Warriors Sep. Kenny Rankin Sep.

26 Ricky Nelson Remembered featuring Ma hew and Gunnar Nelson The Stone Canyon Band Sep. 27 562-467-8810 www.cerritoscenter.com ONDON PECIALISTS I INE USICAL I NSTRUMENTS Free Musical Instrument Appraisals Our London specialist, Peter Horner will be giving free and confidential valuations of your violins, violas, cellos and bows, with a view to selling privately or at auction. Sunday 17 th September 8.00am to 5.30pm HOTEL ANGELENO 170 Church Lane Los Angeles (where Sunset meets the 405) Appointments Information Tel: (310) 312-9525 www.bromptonsauctioneers.com By Chris Lee Times Staff Writer PIRITUAL exhaustion is never a pretty thing especially when suffered by the frontman of a 24-piece symphonic pop group known for lyrically jubilant, orchestrally sweeping songs as well as for dressing in flowing multicolored robes. The group in question, the Polyphonic Spree, went through avery public breakdown of sorts live on stage at Henry Fonda Theater in the summer of 2004. three songs, I sat down on the monitor and said, know, come to a time where we need to take a recalls bandleader Tim DeLaughter with a slight laugh.

sounded like I was saying the band was finished. But more or less, we were exhausted. We needed to take ourselves The Dallas group did just that: After a nearly five-year span in which it put out two well- regarded albums, provided the film soundtrack to the indie dra- medy and cultivated a devoted fan base as they vigorously toured the world, members went their separate ways. Now, the Spree returns with a five song EP that includes covers of the Psychedelic My and an ecstatic-sounding cover of produced by Jon Brion(who is behind hits for Fiona Apple and Kanye West). And all two-dozen members will pull in to the scene of the earlier breakdown, the Fonda, on Sept.

part of a two-week U.S. tour with a new perspective. most definitely have DeLaughter says. evolved into this community property. Before, it was more about my personal space.

Now more about a community of He also seizes the opportunity to correct a common misperception about the Polyphonic Spree: lot has been misconstrued about us: that we have this happy, clappy situation where everyone is in a constant state of DeLaughter says. true. There are major dynamics in a five-piece band. Can you imagine the issues when you have five of those bands as On top of that, the Spree recently ended its deal with Hollywood Records, which put out its second album, Labelless and, according to the bandleader, the group will handle the physical release of through its own label, Good Records, which is also the name of a Dallas-area record store several members co-own. (Hollywood maintains the rights to distribute the EP electronically through iTunes.) As if mounting a tour and re- leasing new music enough, the Spree has remained busy for the last year recording a highly politicized, more album, Fragile which it will release next spring.

Also, DeLaughter and his wifeandbandmate Julie Doyle are expecting their fourth child in December. used to overwhelming DeLaughter says in his drawl. the four kids, label, record store and 24-piece It takes a tough country singer A TTENTION Dwight Yoakam fans: Now is your chance to appreciate your favorite country crooner-actor with your stomachs. Some corporate entity calling itself the International Shopping Network recently launched a TV and Internet ad campaign to get the word out about signature line of poultry. According to the press release: you taste the succulent flavor of Dwight Bakersfield Brand Chicken Lick- no turning back crossed a line be so excited that you be able to stop yourself from eating Sounds, um, delicious.

mad, mad binary world RANCE music supremo, electronica producerand film soundtrack composer BT can come off something like a mad scientist when he gets talking about what it took to put together Binary a seven-track CD that comes with acompanion piece a DVD containing seven animated films that he commissioned. spent two years, 800,000 lines of computer code and had to prototype a new drum machine capable of realizing asymmetrical beats in order to record BT says of the CD released last week. It insane micro- Which may explain its breathy, ethereal quality. Recorded in 5.1-channel surround sound, the songs are like sonic dreamscapes that also stray into glitch-hop, jazz and even classic orchestral compositions. Hired to compose and conduct the score for the action flick in 2005, BT commandeered the 110-piece orchestra brought in by Sony and put them to work fleshing out three tracks that appear on the CD.

When recording was done, he got serious about setting his music to animation. BT commissioned one film per song, each varying from the next in content and style, encompassing cartoon robots, abstract futuristic color grids and footage of the newborn daughter. started talking to friends Iknow quite a few gifted artists and he says. I was posting on Craigslist, putting up notices at universities, looking for animators and filmmakers. Everybody told me it would cost a million dollars.

I made it for a fraction of Binary recently completed a national screening tour BT traveled with the and he will perform the music at the Hollywood Bowl on Sept. 21, as the opening act for Video Games Live, a laser featuring the music from (you guessed it) popular video games. FAST TRACKS Little Big Man ALL TOGETHER: The Polyphonic Spree is putting out a new EP after a much-needed break. Another Spree begins GETTING PERSONAL Learn more about single relationships with our column, TELL and look for personal advice on life from Ask Amy. Calendar Weekend.

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